We decided to use Nano USB Flash Drive because of the following reasons:

The filesystem is independent from the VMware Data Harddisks

Therefore we can easily exchange a broken Hostssystem

This is also the reason why there are 2 USB Flash Drive per Computer

It is cheap

(Speed: could be better if you used better USB Flash Drives. Nano Drives are a simple micro SD Card built-in in a nano USB card reader. And the speed of the micro SD Card is approximately equal to a single SATA-harddisk)

Usually I would recommend to change the Flash Drive after 5 years, but the vSphere Hypervisor does not write that much on the System Drive so you can use it theoretically much longer.

One of the worst things you could do edit files with Windows system tools.

There is a little fault in the script when it comes to saying HELO to the SMTP Server. In the script is

hostname -s

where we say HELO to. This is not correct, because we say HELO to the localhost instead to the SMTP Server.

change (line ~1088)

echo -ne "HELO $(hostname -s)rn" > "${EMAIL_LOG_HEADER}"

to

echo -ne "HELO ${EMAIL_SERVER}rn" > "${EMAIL_LOG_HEADER}"

Do you prefer to get your emails over a Windows SMTP Server?

Open the ghettoVCB.sh file

The backupscript does not ask or try if it is a Windows or Linux SMTP Server. The problem which comes with the SMTP Server is similar to the text-editor problem: Windows uses Carriage Return Linefeed (<CR><LF>) and Linux just Carriage Return (<CR>).

Open the Computer install the 2TB harddrive (do not forget to connect a SATA and cable)

In my special case i had 6 (!) Windows partitions on the original harddrive. I needed to delete them before beginning with the installation, otherwise the vSphere Client would have problems adding the harddrive as datastore. Follow this tutorial if you have a similair situation.

Now plugin your USB Drive, and a keyboard (no mouse required) and a monitor.

Enter your BIOS/UEFI and change the boot priority to

DVD

SD/MMC (this should be the Nano USB)

all other is not needed and you can exclude it from boot order or place it anywhere past these two.

Another thing I did in the BIOS is to set the option: No halt on any errors. This will prevent the error

which makes a lot inexperienced users laugh. A computer (or server) needs to have a keyboard connected and after this error appears you can plugin a keyboard afterwards and press F1. But in my opinion we do not need to use a keyboard for this little servers. A powerplug and a networkcable is all we need.

Install the vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)

Now the computer and the software is prepared we can install our servers.

Burn the predownloaded vSphere Hypervisor ISO to a disk (CD or DVD does not matter)

give a root password (choose a complex one, we add a user with a easier password to work with later)

Hit F11 to install

After the installation hit enter for reboot (the CD slot automatically opens, remove the CD)

Start the Computer, the screen of the vSphere Hypervisor appears

Hit F2 to make your preferences

I suggest to enter a fixed ip address aswell your DNS Servers

You are done with the configuration on the computer.

Configuration via vSphere Client

Download the vSphere Client via http://yourserverip/ (Link on the Website) and of course install it.

Save this setup for your colleagues as they may also want to use it and do not have to download it again. You only need do download and install it once, and not for every VMware Hypervisor you install.

I recommend to change the language of the vSphere to english (if it is not your default). From the information found here you only need to add the following line to your shortcut (do not forget the space before the dash -)

-locale en_US

Start the vSphere Hypervisor and type in the IP or hostname of the server you defined. Login with root and your password you entered before.

Enter your license key for unlimited use (there are some restrictions but it’s free!)

Add your harddiskdrives (or solidstatedrives) as new storages. I name them datastore 1-x because i have no use for these names and internally it is also named like this.

Now we add a new user with a new role, because we do not want to work with our VMs as root.

Go from home to Roles (Or Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[R])

Add a new role with the following permissions

Confirm with OK and go back to the Inventory ([CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[H])

Go to local Users & Groups and make a right click then click add…

Give your user a login and also a strong password, but do not allow shell access because it should only be for the root user.

Go to Permissions and Add a Permission

In the window “Assign Permissions”

click Add…

select your user

click Add

click OK

Now assign the role you defined from the right column to your user and hit OK

Next step is to turn on SSH to get the prepared backupscript and other files onto the machine. Go to Configuration->Security Profile->Properties

Select SSH Server->Options…

Start the server with the button START but do NOT change the startup policy. It is not needed for this configuration.

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